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- Witnesses;

eInventor:

WMM/1M fg I oitei tetee Lette-re Patent No;A 79,445, dated .June 30, 1868.

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Be-itliuowu thet'l, Wmuei Guimond, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and Stato of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mode of Dumping Reilroedl-Crs und I do hereby declaro -that'tho-folloning is o full and complete description f the seme, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making :i part 'of this sgieoiiication, in which.

Figure 1', platre 1,'is a. side elevation. I Figui-ege view'of the opposite side of iig. 1.. Fignle 3, plate, is su end'v'iew. Figere, @View of the top: v L'iis'eltters of reference refe: to like perte in jthe'dii'erent views presented. Ini'g. l', pleito l, :A represents e detached eeotiouof as zuilroed-trsck, mounted upon and pivoted in the trusses B, at the points @fhg means of trunnions, or other suitble bem-ings. The axial lino oEsuid points lies pm'llelV with the'treelgso that seid amok een be mede to vibrate laterally, as indicated by the red lines b, fig. 8, es and for e purpose'riaereinefter shown.

` C ere the teuelgs,'oud D t', csr mongted "izhez'eon,` end represented as standing upon the track, ell of which is or may heeonstrnted'in the 'ordinery wey, ,wit-hehe exoeption o`theaidess'ofA the car. Said sides, instead of being rigidly ood permnentlyseeiifre@are' soliingedto-tbe ce1-.that they con be lifted up'ivaxd orv opened, eftethe manner o a drop-door; tii'pmpose of -which wiilpresently bo shown.

F, iig. l, ish o ia'ein, orge and. o? which is stifle-hed tooeeide'of the track, proceeding from thence down` to' 'and'unfier the sherwe @thme io ancisround the Windless H, tothe sheavc I, thence to the truck, towhich it is attached. I i Y x Y I K 5 3, is necgment of' o oog'vheei, or it mejoonsist of e segmental bearing, secured to the underv side of the track, and put in connection with noci-responding segment, Klsecured to the eide of theI truss. Siegments corresponding to these are deranged-upon the opposite end, as shown in figs. Il` and 2.'A

l gt willie observed thrit the structures ahoifejlosor'ib'ed stand upon n. turn-table, L, mounted upon the castors or rollers c?, am), also, that the platform M, on which the table turns, is mounted upon rollers e, the ypiu-pose of which will hereinafter he shown.

` The ractical use oi' this orronementof devices ieior unl'oadimT coal, ores, revel und -:ill such likefreioht c o n from the ordinary long truck or open-cars, by xmping the load instead of shovellng out the sume, as is usually Adone'l; the operation of the eem-e heilig hsfollows, viz;

l T hecnjf is rolled ou trahi: A, which, as shove4 ssid, forms e port ofhthemain `line, sind to which itis yiirrnly'seemed by hire alleine l?, or by :my other -suituble moons.l This boing done,Athe-chute O, Iig. 2, which' may-be an open grate-like structure, one; plein tight one, is then adjusted itnmediutely under the' lower edge ofthe oar, the upper sielheing secured. inthe poste P, so that the Yadjustment' can be easily e`ected`by means of( he eheins Q. A .y y

The sideooaio the ce: ie'nowrsised byziithdrewing the boltlo'r lool: S, by means o the rod A', to

ethiek 'aocessis'ie rlcml'tieven vifatheV cdr-. Now, on' turning the winde'ee inv the proper direction, the truck nini ce? will ho drawn to one eide, es indicated by thed'otted line'f, g'..3.'

iesuoient to cause` the load to slide Voli,- anvd into the chute,

- Y The ineiimtionthus obtained to the ear will bra thereby dischervin'v the-load is theasieet, quickest possiblemioner; hence av-f'iding the great labor and expenditure oi time required@ unload the someiuthe 'ordinary 'way'. y

'- in orderto gx'o'tect the wheels fronxxtoo heavy a pressure or strein, in pone-equence of the vibrating of the' theek, a supplementary raii,. B, g. 3, is-li'd along the-insidie'of the linefrails, so thut when-the car istilted the inside of the flange of the up'pe-sfheele isili press'againstthe supplementary rmhond thereby rolesse the strain I A fi-'om the 'ngo of' the'lowe wheels f heuo'a, oohreelging of the wheel-flanges willieke place, in consequence of throip the genti-e o fgsyityinto onneer the-lower wheels'.

p It will` be obvious that the car curi he tilted to either side with'equal facility, and should the apparatus he located at thelend of a side track, as it may be, the track A can he turnedV aroundonthe turn-table, so as to bring the 'side'of thecar transversely to theI track, and thusl discharge at the end of the road.

So, also, the platform on which theturntahlel stands, being 'provided with rollers, the whole apparatus can be shifted or transferred from one side track to anotl'ier; henceLby this means, one. apparatus can be made -to vserveon a number of tracks. i v

' By pivoting the trackA transversely in the centre on the-journals Crg. 1 the track and car' caln be tilted endwise, therehydischarging the load from lthe end, instead of thesidc,` :xs-above described.v v

The-.segmental gearings,above referred to, may be us'ed for tiltirxg'thel track-pand caninstead of the chain andvwindlassr'or it may he usedvfer producing the vibratory action of the sanne.

By the use o f a "ibratingftraok it will be'ohvou that no 'change lwllhe required in the-construotionv of the cars, with. the exception of the slight one referred to in referenceto'the sides; hence, the long doulilentruekca'rsfin general use for gross freighgwill'require no Ymaterial"change ,to it thtn lfor dumping .their loads when run upon the vibrating-track,andseeured thereto, yas`ahove described.

Then'indiass may be dispensed with,- and the track and c'rs tipped bymeans of a r'a-ck, -operatingn corijunction with theseg'n'xentnl Wheels, o r a rack and piniomor screwymayihe used for this purpose.-

A In the ordinary way of lzi'nloadinJ--aIr a car of-irou ore, coal, or lumber, Sie., it takes about one hou-r, but with myjirnproved mode it'eanf'be done in five minutes; andmin loading'upavessel with coal orironore, itusuelly takes some three or four days, depending cuits capacity, huts-Vith this m'podeit can be-done-nas nmyhoure, es the coal can -be discharged from' thecardo'wn the uhute into thevessel; through one or hothhatchiv'ays at the seme time, showing a'great-sa'ving. of time, and.e\o`st 0E labor, a'nd detention. ofthe' vessel, asfis ordinalrily done.

,Bythis mode of .unloadingp'coah 4in kconscqueuce/of' the entire Ine-isis!lirici/ing14 togethegit is-vless'brolF- n up than when unloaded in theordinary'lwayj;'` henee,"it\is' iin o; better condition vhen itreaohe's thegmarktyne'diis worth more, and better for use "lsh, there is a grehtsnving i-n the'vuse'of curs, yae;they,will.' not hede-finedllot long in. unloadingn l i Y l I l y l' WhatI claim as my improvement, anddesiretoeecure 'by Letters Patient,"is'Lv The constrution and srr-angmerit o t -e/section o't' a.'railx oadtraclc by manufatti-numerisch beirnvgg', -to support the track, and thereby allow a`1'ongitu'dinall and transverse4 tilting n'and Slihijating ot' the smlegubstantially-as-and for thepurpose set forth.

y '2. The segments J K, iuc'omhu'at'on withthe'seuton of a. track A and tu'nuions or. bearings, 'asdescriheda' The combination of the sectional tilting-traciA with'the turn-table L, for-1their)urposes setiforthl 4. The combination of the sectional tilting-track turnet'able-VL, within transferable M," inth'mnnerf ns and. for tho purpose descrihed. v A

'WILLIAM oHrsHoLM.

Witnesses c A W. IH. BURBDGE, E. E. WAITE. 

